You Hate, We Love

[FavouredEnemy]

I was going to post about how much I hate cosplay, but the argument basically boiled down to 'I hate anime', and once all your evidence is either a) subjecive or b) anecdotal, you really have to question why you're bothering posting.

For the record, anime fans/cosplayers (as an organised group) stole from me (by which I mean the Student's Union fund, and by extension, me as a student).

But if they did it in a Japanese schoolgirl's outfit with the skirt a lil higher than the school rules and the top a little unbuttoned I would have given her the money

No. Sorry. They forged false receipts claiming they were cosplaying, and kept the money. They also lied to the student board about what 'poki' is. Pretty much every other student society is underfunded and could have used the several hundred pounds these guys spent on crappy Japanese snacks and themselves.

 

[cold killer pov]

i agree with the piracy and DRM issues. However, how can you say that developers such as EA, need more money to keep afloat?!?! they make millions and millions a year, and you think its a good thing that when you buy a game second hand they make another £10-£20? making it a £60 game, not including an DLC you will buy/previous owner bought? its just out right money grabbing. they have had the money from the game and now they just want more and more and more.

As for the Cosplayers, i dont think people hate it/them as much as feel sorry for them. anyone who is so obsessed and engrossed so much in a game as to dress up as a character, needs help. they are the pinicle of nerd'om, and the only reason they make conventions interesting especially in lines, is because its nice to have a laugh at them as they suffer in their boiling storm trooper out fits or freeze dressed up as their favourite DOA charcter.

And the QTE's it makes no sense, saying we hate them because they are not being used to their best potential??! EXACTLY how can we like something that isnt good? so the game devlopers that arnt doing QTE's right in the game we are then supposed to say "its alright we dont mind we payed £40/$60 (ish) for this game but you dont need to do it right, you just go about it half assed and we will say nothing" how about they dont use them until they have them perfected? or al least improved? and not all involve 100% failure/death some hackings in games it works well, although its not what i think you were meaning by QTE's but it uses the same, button pressing, mind numbing, no gaming skill thing. Which brings me nicely onto my next point, QTE detract from games, they slow it down and remove you from the depth and engrossment the game has created so far, i would much rather be button mashing my way though the jump from lorry to lorry avoiding being crushed by cars and vans rather than pressing "A,X,A,Y" in a row and the game doing it for me.

Other than those little things i reckon i agree with the rest.

 

[SonicWaffle]

Sure, anybody can throw on a bikini and call themselves Catwoman, but what about Big Daddy?

I throw on a bikini and call myself Big Daddy all the time. What's your point?

I think we have a winner.

He's right. Wait for the photos so your infatuation will blow up into full, deeply satisfying love. XD

I can't tell if you just won an internet or should be crucified...

That is sheer gold.

Wow, guys. Just wow. I had no idea that the thought of me in a bikini would be so popular, especially after I was arrested for going shopping in one....

...or possibly because I kept trying to make the police call me Big Daddy. Maybe it was a combination of the two.

 

[Skarlette]

I have yet to decide whether the DRM comment is genuine, or passive-aggressive.... I think I'm leaning towards the latter...

 

[Mysnomer]

I'm sorry, I don't want to contribute nothing to this article but bitchery and moaning but, whilst the rest of the article was funny, illuminating and generally an enjoyable read, the article on Project $10 was simply wrong. Not slightly incorrect, not out by a mite, plain out and out wrong.

I don't want to seem adversarial, but can you provide definite evidence that this is the case? As I'm sure this issue will come up in debate later, having something to point other than a random forum post would definitely help in my campaign against PTD.

Personally, I think those mass-produced, unassembled, unpainted figures should be a lot cheaper, but that's just me. To be certain, I'm not sure what's right. On the one hand, I'd love to fight for lower prices when I think something is too expensive, but I feel like I'm just complaining and causing myself grief when I could just chill out and learn to live with it. I think it's important to be an engaged and informed consumer, but maybe I'm just jaded. I'd prefer to take an effective course of action.

I don't know how I come across on the forums, but I'm a pretty relaxed person. I've learned to vote with my wallet etc. etc. and I don't feel "entitled" to inexpensive games (I do, however, dispute the validity of their pricing). But the high cost of gaming has kept me behind the times, and I think my pent up frustration may show in my posts, which are the only places I really feel my opinion is heard.

As for your last point under the asterisk, don't companies already do that? Prices typically go down the longer a game has been on the shelves. Sometimes they even accelerate that with the "greatest hits" titles that go to $20 later on. Granted, that tends to be much later in a game's life and usually all your friends will have played it and moved on, but that's the incentive to buy new.

Yeah, this is my fault, I'd never seen a PS3 Greatest Hits title, so I didn't think they had them. Still, the current gen bar is set at $30, with no additional content, so there's obviously room for improvement. But like I said, I've never even seen a greatest hits game for PS3, so I don't think their very common yet. That was pretty much the best thing that happened to gaming last gen, I think $20 was the perfect price where you didn't feel scammed if the game wasn't perfect, and it seemed like a great bargain if the game was high quality.

 

[Angerwing]

I was confused by the DRM bit, until I realised you were being facetious. Then it set the tone for the whole article, and the second bit confused the shit out of me.

 

[Mstrswrd]

Actually, except for DRM, I don't mind, like, or am even quite fond of everything on the list.

 

[Angelblaze]

Drm - as good as punching myself in the face
You may say "What could be so good about that"
Exactly.
Cosplayers - depends on what and who theyre cosplaying. Most female cosplayers are really good, as are certain male cosplayers that AREN'T trying to be Tifa from Final Fantasy. (oh dear goodness....don't get me STARTED)
EA in all their rightecous glory came up with DRM and now EVERYONE profits from it
(awesomeface of total and complete sarcasm along with hatred for EA that began only after Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone was released for playstation...i loved that game.)

 

[coldshadow]

the thing about DRM is that it gets cracked by pirates within a couple days and they will not have to really worry about it after that, but it will still from time to time mess with the people who bought the game.
So the problem is that its not only ineffective but it causes problems for non-pirates and it is costing the company time and money to make it in the first place.